When waking this morning our feelings were a little bit wistful, because this is our last day in Muonio. We saved for today the most difficult hiking to conquest two Arctic Hills at same time. They are called Taivaskero and Laukkukero. The height of Taivaskero is 801.9 meters / 2631 feet and the height of Laukkukero is about the same.

When starting our hike in the morning, the weather was foggy. We were a little bit afraid if we’ll get lost during our hiking. At times the fog disappeared and returned. When climbing to the top of Taivaskero the fog was so thick that we could not see two route marks at once. When finally at the top there was a surprise waiting for us. There was a monument in which it was told that it was just here, where the Olympic flame for the Helsinki Olympics held in 1952, was lit. I did not know and even not Anja although she worked many years for Finnish Olympic Committee.

Before hiking to the top of Laukkukero, we ate our packed lunch and coffee. The route was in many places difficult to walk, because it was seriously stony. Finally the fog disappeared and we could see magnificent scenery around us. There were many roaming reindeers near to the visitor center. We gotta to shoot photos of them.

The length of this hike was only 9 km / 5.6mi and it took from us to walk 3.5 hours. During 6 days according to Anja’s bookkeeping, we walked 50km / 31mi in total. It is not much, but there were so much to see at this Arctic Hill region. This is not the end of our road trip. There will be two more posts presenting our home trip to our home in the south.

This post is direct continuation of previous post. After conquest of the Palkaskero fell, we decide to make another hike on same day, because we felt that we are in good condition. We drove to the parking place of Särkitunturi (roach fell). Its height is 492 meters / 1614 feet and its path to the top is very popular in Muonio. The beginning of the walk has trees on the both side of the path. Slowly trees become less frequent and man can admire the scenery around. On the top there is a pond, hut and campfire.

We enjoyed the rest of coffee from our thermos bottle and admired the scenery around us, which has been selected as Finland’s national landscape. The total length of this hike was 12 kilometers / 7.5 miles. When calculating the total length of hiking we made this day, it is 19.5 kilometers / 12.1 miles. Is it much or not everyone can decide when remembering that we ate only our picnic lunch, which Anja made already in the morning. When finally arriving to our base in the center of Muonio, we were hungry. Guess, if we got any sleep the next night!